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PHTY73-424: Physiotherapist: Work Ready

Description

This subject is designed to provide students with opportunities to develop skills and knowledge directly relevant to obtaining employment attributes and developing their careers as physiotherapists. Utilising reflective practice, students will develop a career plan and professional portfolio, which will prepare them for the workforce and provide the opportunity to consolidate preexisting themes and topics explored throughout the Doctor of Physiotherapy Program.

Subject details

Type: Postgraduate Subject
Code: PHTY73-424
EFTSL: 0.063
Faculty: Faculty of Health Sciences and Medicine
Semesters offered:
  • January 2025 [Non-Standard Offering]
Credit: 5
Study areas:
  • Health, Biomedical, and Sport Sciences
Subject fees:
  • Commencing in 2025: $3,055.00
  • Commencing in 2025: $3,505.00

Learning outcomes

  1. Critically reflect on personal and professional strengths and weaknesses to generate a comprehensive career plan, identifying and leveraging advanced professional development opportunities for enhanced career outcomes.
  2. Develop an advanced clinical portfolio summary that critically reflects on professional experiences, identifies examples of cultural safety and awareness, aligns with global industry standards, and projects pathways for future development.
  3. Demonstrate advanced proficiency in communication skills for effective professional interactions, including interview techniques, preparing a comprehensive curriculum vitae and professional biography, and reflection on performance during professional interactions.
  4. Critically evaluate and present the contemporary challenges, emerging opportunities, and employment options for the physiotherapy profession and synthesise strategic long-term solutions and future innovations for practice.

Enrolment requirements

Requisites:

Pre-requisites:

Co-requisites:

There are no co-requisites

Assumed knowledge:

Assumed knowledge is the minimum level of knowledge of a subject area that students are assumed to have acquired through previous study. It is the responsibility of students to ensure they meet the assumed knowledge expectations of the subject. Students who do not possess this prior knowledge are strongly recommended against enrolling and do so at their own risk. No concessions will be made for students’ lack of prior knowledge.

Restrictions: This subject is not available to
  • Study Abroad Students

Doctor of Physiotherapy program

This subject is not available as a general elective. To be eligible for enrolment, the subject must be specified in the students’ program structure.

Subject dates

  • Non-Standard Offering
    Enrolment opens: 10/11/2024
    Semester start: 13/01/2025
    Subject start: 13/01/2025
    Cancellation 1: 23/01/2025
    Cancellation 2: 25/01/2025
    Last enrolment: 21/01/2025
    Withdraw - Financial: 01/02/2025
    Withdraw - Academic: 13/02/2025
    Teaching census: 31/01/2025
Non-Standard Offering
Enrolment opens: 10/11/2024
Semester start: 13/01/2025
Subject start: 13/01/2025
Cancellation 1: 23/01/2025
Cancellation 2: 25/01/2025
Last enrolment: 21/01/2025
Withdraw - Financial: 01/02/2025
Withdraw - Academic: 13/02/2025
Teaching census: 31/01/2025